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A senate of 20 faculty members represents three departments: math, statistics, and applied math. The seats are to be apportioned according to the numbers of students in each department, which are as follows: $\begin{array}{lccc}
\text { Math} &97\
\text { Statistics} && 83\
\text { Applied math} &134\
\end{array}$

-What apportionment is produced by Jefferson's method?
A) 5, 5, 10
B) 6, 5, 9
C) 7, 4, 9
D) 6, 4, 10

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Use the following information to answer the Questions:
A senate of 20 faculty members represents three departments: math, statistics, and applied math. The seats are to be apportioned according to the numbers of students in each department, which are as follows: $\begin{array}{lccc}
  \text { Math} &97\
  \text { Statistics} && 83\
  \text { Applied math} &134\
\end{array}$

-What apportionment is produced by Jefferson's method?
A) 5, 5, 10
B) 6, 5, 9
C) 7, 4, 9
D) 6, 4, 10

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Jefferson's method involves adjusting a divisor until the total number of seats allocated matches the total number of seats available, in this case, 20. The initial divisor is the total number of students (314) divided by the total number of seats (20), giving an initial standard divisor. Adjustments are made to this divisor to ensure that when each department's student count is divided by this adjusted divisor, the resulting numbers of seats (rounded down) sum to 20. The correct apportionment that achieves this, given the student counts, is 6 for Math, 5 for Statistics, and 9 for Applied Math.

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